Rackspace improves compliance handling for mixed infrastructures
When businesses have specific compliance requirements -- because of the industry they're in for example -- managing them across cloud and hybrid infrastructures can be a tough challenge.
Managed services specialist Rackspace is addressing this by adding CloudPassage Halo as the underlying security and compliance platform behind its Rackspace Compliance Assistance service, targeting companies that prefer to outsource the management of their compliance initiatives.
"CloudPassage is one of the leading providers in workload-focused security," says Jarret Raim, director, managed security at Rackspace. "Halo has enabled Rackspace to provide a new service to our customers, helping us to define, manage and validate customers' governance, risk and compliance (GRC) requirements. The CloudPassage technology has helped the Rackspace team become more efficient and effective by automating previously manual compliance processes. This benefits our customers by speeding up cost-effective compliance initiatives".
Rackspace Compliance Assistance is a managed service solution that helps organizations provide audit assurance and confidence to customers. It does this through a tailored offering that combines specialized hosting expertise with a fully managed security operations center. The service focuses on helping clients address PCI-DSS and HIPAA compliance goals, providing appropriate monitoring, management and reporting. Advanced technology solutions offered by the service are supplemented by security expertise, best practices and management to deliver a lower total cost of ownership compared to other solutions.
"Rackspace is fundamentally transforming its business and CloudPassage is a key part of the story," says Robert Thomas, CloudPassage CEO. "Enterprises of all sizes are in the middle of a huge shift to agile IT delivery models and traditional, perimeter-based appliances don't work well in this high speed world of rapid change, shared resources and deep automation. As an important piece of the Rackspace managed services offerings, CloudPassage helps to play a role in giving companies an enormous business advantage over their competition".
You can find out more about Halo on the CloudPassage website.
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